Rating The Champ: Mick Foley

Jun 27, 2020
4 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWF Champion, Mick Foley.

1996

Vs. The Undertaker (King of the Ring) ***1/4
Vs. Henry O. Godwinn (IYH 9: International Incident) 1/2*
Boiler Room Brawl: Vs. The Undertaker (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Vs. Shawn Michaels – WWF Championship (IYH 10: Mind Games) ****3/4
Vs. The Undertaker (Survivor Series) **1/2

1997

W/ Vader vs. Owen Hart & The British Bulldog – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 13) **1/2
Vs. The Undertaker – WWF Championship (IYH 14: Revenge of the ‘Taker) ***3/4
Vs. Rocky Maivia (IYH 15: A Cold Day In Hell) *1/2.
Vs. Jerry Lawler (King of the Ring) **
Vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (King of the Ring) ***1/4
Vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (IYH 16: Canadian Stampede) ***
Steel Cage: Vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (SummerSlam) **3/4
Vs. Triple H (One Night Only) ****
Vs. Kane (Survivor Series) ***

1998

W/ Austin, Owen & Chainsaw vs. DX (No Way Out of Texas) ***1/4
Dumpster: W/ Chainsaw Charlie vs. New Age Outlaws – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania XIV) ***
Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (Unforgiven) ****
Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (Over the Edge) ****1/2
HIAC: Vs. The Undertaker (King of the Ring) ****1/4
W/ Kane vs. Steve Austin & The Undertaker – WWF Tag Team Championship (Fully Loaded) **1/2
Handicap: Vs. New Age Outlaws – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) *
Steel Cage: Vs. The Rock vs. Ken Shamrock (Breakdown) ****
Vs. Ken Shamrock – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Judgment Day) ***1/2
Vs. Duane Gill (Survivor Series) N/R (no rating)
Vs. Steve Austin (Survivor Series) ***
Vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
Vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (Rock Bottom) ***

1999

I Quit: Vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***3/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (St. Valentine’s Day Massacre) ***1/4
Vs. Big Show (WrestleMania XV) 1/2*
Boiler Room Brawl: Vs. Big Show (Backlash) ***1/4
W/ The Union vs. The Corporate Ministry (Over the Edge) **1/4
Vs. Steve Austin vs. Triple H – WWF Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
Six Pack Challenge – WWF Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
Vs. Val Venis (No Mercy) ***
W/ Al Snow vs. New Age Outlaws – WWF Tag Team Championship (Survivor Series) *1/2
W/ The Rock vs. New Age Outlaws – WWF Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) **1/2

2000

Street Fight: Vs. Triple H – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) *****
HIAC Retirement: Vs. Triple H – WWF Championship (No Way Out) ****1/2
Elimination: Vs. HHH vs. Rock vs. Show – WWF Championship (WrestleMania 2000) **3/4

2004

Handicap: W/ The Rock vs. Evolution (WrestleMania XX) ****
Hardcore: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Backlash) *****

2005

Vs. Carlito (Taboo Tuesday) **1/2

2006

Hardcore: Vs. Edge (WrestleMania 22) ****1/4
W/ Edge & Lita vs. The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer & Beulah McGillicutty (ECW One Night Stand) ***
2 Out Of 3 Falls: Vs. Ric Flair (Vengeance) *1/2
I Quit: Vs. Ric Flair (SummerSlam) ***1/2